CANNABIS with a street value of more than UKP4,000 was seized from the home of an arthritis sufferer who smoked it to ease his agony.

Barry Anthony Young, 27, of Cousin Lane, Ovenden, Halifax, admitted producing a kilo of cannabis at an earlier hearing.

Calderdale Magistrates Court heard how police raided Young's home in October.

Mark Steeples, prosecuting, said: "They were immediately met by the pungent smell of cannabis."

Officers seized 10 plants from two upstairs bedrooms and cannabis-growing paraphernalia, including hydroponic equipment, from the attic.

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